Best model for Plague Zombies

[inquisitorsog]

What are people's thoughts on the best models to use for plague zombies now that we go a "hotfix" for that little point of contention?

GW/FW and non GW suggestions allowed, although I'm more interested in GW/FW. Minor conversion (such as swaps with minimal filling/resculpting needed) is ok.

Winner gets absolutely no accolades at all.

For non-GW my first thought is Wargames factory as they do a decent civilian zombie for low cost and have male and female models.
For GW, I'm torn. The WFB zombies look pretty ugly by current standards. There's some other options, but it you're going to drop a couple of blobs on the table, cost could be a factor for some of us. I was thinking maybe plague bearers with other heads, but I've got no experience working with the plastic kit.

[gossipmeng]

I'll be using FW renegade militia.

[DF3CT]

I'm using some normal crappy zombies until I can get more, with 3 metal empire greatswords acting as "herders or heralds of nurgle" keeping the zombies attention forward on the enemy.

[Strangleweb]

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat490066a&prodId=prod1120125

[inquisitormack]

GW Vampire Counts Crypt Ghouls

[MaltonNecromancer]

Cheap and cheerful: http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Warpath/Corporation/Product/Zombie-Marines-80-Figures.html

Bit more expensive, but cool looking - http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/kl12-kolony-feral-blades-p-60.html

You could go for IG with these heads: http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/hd16-kolony-unhooded-feral-head-sprues-p-53.html

A bit of a wonky scale, but: http://www.fantasyboardgames.co.uk/zombicide-2713-p.asp

And finally, they're true-scale, but I actually think that looks a little better - makes the rest of your army more imposing: http://wargamesfactory.com/webstore/dark-futures

[TheBitzBarn]

Buy a box of Cadian, VC Zombies, VC Ghouls and Maybe a box of Catachans and do a Bits swap. When your done you get 40 Legs, Torsos and arms sets and they are almost all in right scale only issue is the Catachan arms but don use them and your good.

[sfshilo]

I've have been using (for plague bearers in my Chaos Daemon army, and zombies in my CSM army) the warhammer vampire counts zombies. My other army is IG, so I've used all my spare bits for the zombies to give them that ultra heretic look. My favorite is the flame thrower model that is totally ignoring the fact that he has a flame thrower in order to eat braaaaaaaaaaains.

They look really really really awesome and I have yet to meet a person that doesn't say, "That is alot better then just using the GW PB's or zombies stock"

It's nurgle! They should look the part dammit! :-D I've always thought having some orcs and tau thrown in would make it look even more evil.

http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1184628_99120207001_VCZombieRegimentMain_445x319. jpg

[Wolfshade]

Empire Flagellants (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440092a&prodId=prod10006)

http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m150015a_99120202017_EmpFlagellantMPPK_445x319.jpg

[inquisitorsog]

Wolfshade.. how did I forget those?

Those might be winners. heck, may even use catachan arms or whatver else is rattling around the bits box and make regular cultists out of em.

[ragnarcissist]

im using these, till i get better ideas/more money.... they are a bit small but ill just say they are chinese zombies, also im using greenstuff to make the champs standout, at $10 for 100 its a great deal
http://www.rpgminiatures.com/acatalog/zombies_bag_of_normal.jpg

[Wolfshade]

Wolfshade.. how did I forget those?

Those might be winners. heck, may even use catachan arms or whatver else is rattling around the bits box and make regular cultists out of em.

Because they are the some of the best miniatures GW does?
I've seen these as psyker battle squads, penal troops, hench men and ALShrive and I were talking and he was having the same quandary as you with regard to which models to use and I suggested these and he was a fan of the idea.

[alshrive]

yes i was a big fan of the idea, i will be sculpting rent open guts and putridness on them and removing all weapons so they are empty-handed (may replace some of their hands with pieces from the Zombie kit as well- espcially their heads as these just don't quite fit the undead style theme) as an idea of what i am working on you can see the sculpting i have done on my cultist champion here (http://bolsconto4g.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-end-is-nigh.html)

[Phototoxin]

Kitbash GW zombies and cadians, or else mantic are doing a 'zombie marine' mixed pack of ghouls, zombies and starship marines. My 72 are made from VC skeletons, zombies and the odd cadian and empire bit. The champions are old metal plague bearers.